Epidius (spider)

Epidius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Thomisidae
Genus: Epidius
Thorell, 1877[1]
Type species
E. longipalpis
Thorell, 1877
Species

15, see text

Synonyms[1]

Epidius is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1877.[4] It is a senior synonym of Pothaeus.[3][5]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference NMBE was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Benjamin, S. P. (2011). "Phylogenetics and comparative morphology of crab spiders (Araneae: Dionycha, Thomisidae)". Zootaxa. 3080: 14. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3080.1.1.
  3. ^ a b Benjamin, S. P. (2017). "Distributional and taxonomic notes on the crab spider genus Epidius with descriptions of five new species (Araneae: Thomisidae)". Journal of Natural History. 51 (9–10): 470. doi:10.1080/00222933.2017.1302016. S2CID 90818752.
  4. ^ Thorell, T. (1877). "Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani. I. Ragni di Selebes raccolti nel 1874 dal Dott. O. Beccari". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 10: 341–637.
  5. ^ Lehtinen, P. T. (2016). "Significance of oriental taxa in phylogeny of crab spiders (Thomisidae s. lat. and Stiphropodidae)". Indian Journal of Arachnology. 5: 159.